Executive Offices - Embalming Supply Company

AppliedEmbalming
Parasites Lymph vessel obstructions Drugs
Allergic reactions Pulmonary Cytotoxic
Primary Concerns When dealing with edema
A distention of tissues, increased dilution factor, desquamation (skin slip), leakage, capillary and venous
congestion, increase in permeability of capillary walls, decrease in osmotic pressure of the blood. Recommended
minimal treatment of symptomatic conditions associated with myriad of diseases.
The embalmer-practitioner must blend cognitive knowledge with manipulative skills to meet the challenges of
the 21st century. Handle with extreme care as not to separate the epidermis from the dermis creating manipulative
desquamation. Use stronger dilutions of a higher index fluid due to the bodies abnormal water content. Leakage pre
and post embalming. Distortion of features, and rapid decomposition. The previously identified symptomatic conditions
may be associated with many diseases individually or in various numbers. The following may be of major concern in
the analytical pre analysis of the dead body prior to embalming:
Dehydration Emaciation Edema
Jaundice Discolorations Decomposition
Purge
Skin slip
in COnCluSiOn
Review the ESCO, GOLDCREST embalming chemicals and sundry chemicals which may be used in the
preparation of the body. Guidelines for common basic conditions have been addressed as they relate to various specific
scenarios. One must remember the fore-mentioned provide a starting point. Basic cognitive schooling, practical
experience and continuing education are the necessary foundations for the future.
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